- sceacga
- m (-n/-n) the hair of the head; rough hair, wool, etc.
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sceacga
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Shag — Shag, n. [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. sk[ a]gg, Dan. skj?g. Cf. {Schock} of hair.] 1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. [1913 Webster] True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shag — I. noun Etymology: Middle English *shagge, from Old English sceacga; akin to Old Norse skegg beard, skaga to project Date: before 12th century 1. a. a shaggy tangled mass or covering (as of hair) b. long coarse or matted fiber, nap, or pile c. a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
shag — shag1 shaglike, adj. /shag/, n., v., shagged, shagging. n. 1. rough, matted hair, wool, or the like. 2. a mass of this. 3. a hairdo in which hair is cut in slightly uneven, overlapping layers downward from the crown, sometimes with the hair at… … Universalium
shag — shag1 [ʃæg] adj also shag|pile [ˈʃægpaıl] shag carpet/rug a ↑carpet or ↑rug with a rough surface made from long threads of wool shag 2 shag2 n [: Old English; Origin: sceacga] 1.) BrE informal not polite an act … Dictionary of contemporary English
shag — {{11}}shag (n.) 1590s, cloth having a velvet nap on one side, from O.E. sceacga rough matted hair or wool, cognate with O.N. skegg beard, from P.Gmc. *skagjan, perhaps related to O.H.G. scahho promontory, with a connecting sense of jutting out,… … Etymology dictionary
shag — shag1 noun 1》 a carpet or rug with a long, rough pile. ↘cloth with a velvet nap on one side. 2》 a thick, tangled hairstyle. 3》 coarse cut tobacco. Origin OE sceacga rough matted hair , of Gmc origin; related to shaw2. shag2 noun a cormorant… … English new terms dictionary
shag — I [[t]ʃæg[/t]] n. v. shagged, shag•ging 1) rough, matted hair, wool, or the like 2) a mass of this 3) clo a hairstyle in which the hair is cut in layers downward from the crown 4) tex a long, thick pile or nap 5) cvb tex a rug or carpet with a… … From formal English to slang
shag — I. /ʃæg / (say shag) noun 1. rough, matted hair, wool, or the like. 2. a mass of this. 3. a cloth, usually woollen, with a nap on one side. 4. a coarse tobacco cut into fine shreds. –adjective 5. of, relating to, or having, a shag pile: shag… …
shag — shag1 [shag] n. [ME * shagge < OE sceacga, rough hair, akin to ON skegg, beard < IE base * skek , to spring forth > SHAKE, Ger schicken, to send] 1. Rare heavily matted wool or hair 2. a haircut, short in front and longer in back, with… … English World dictionary
shag — 1. n. 1 a rough growth or mass of hair etc. 2 a coarse kind of cut tobacco. 3 a cormorant, esp. the crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Etymology: OE sceacga, rel. to ON skegg beard, OE sceaga coppice 2. v.tr. (shagged, shagging) coarse … Useful english dictionary
